Ahead of the upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released its fourth and final list of four candidates.
The party has fielded party leader Rajesh Agarwal from Ambikapur constituency against state Deputy Chief Minister T S Singh Deo.
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The other three candidates include Sushant Shukla from Beltara, Dhaniram Dhivar from Kasdol, and Dipesh Sahu from Bemetara.
भारतीय जनता पार्टी की केंद्रीय चुनाव समिति ने छत्तीसगढ़ में होने वाले आगामी विधानसभा चुनाव 2023 के लिए निम्नलिखित नामों पर अपनी स्वीकृति प्रदान की है। pic.twitter.com/CAbDEnu55k
— BJP Chhattisgarh (@BJP4CGState) October 25, 2023
The BJP has now declared all 90 candidates in the state. The party's first list of 21 candidates included Lok Sabha MP Vijay Baghel, who has been fielded against Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in Patan in Durg district. The second list included 64 candidates and the third list had a single name. The Congress party too has declared the names of all its 90 candidates for the upcoming elections.
After the first phase of polling on November 7, the remaining 70 seats in the state will go to polls on November 17. The counting of votes will be done on December 3.
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Earlier on Wednesday, the Johar Chhattisgarh Party (JHP), the political wing of the Chhattisgarh Kranti Sena, has released its first list of 31 candidates for the upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. Along with the list, the party unveiled its manifesto containing 44 points.
In the manifesto released, the party stated that it would provide 100 per cent employment to local youth in private, government, and public sector units in Chhattisgarh. Baghel said that the party has its presence in all state districts, and has over one million party workers.